Some physicians have identified the loss of smell and taste as a new potential new symptom of COVID-19, reports The New York Times.

CMS on March 23 rolled out an amended inspection process that state survey agencies will use to ensure healthcare facilities are adequately prepared to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

As U.S. hospitals struggle to figure out ways to manage the expected influx of COVID-19 patients, the city of Chicago is moving ahead with one strategy — renting out thousands of rooms in hotels to isolate confirmed and suspected cases of the new coronavirus illness, according to the Chicago Tribune.

A dozen physicians on the front line of Italy's COVID-19 outbreak are urging other countries to conduct more home-based care to help prevent the virus' spread, according to a paper published in NEJM Catalyst and cited by STAT.

Nurses and physicians nationwide are turning to creative workarounds to protect themselves from COVID-19 amid dwindling supplies of medical masks and respirators, reports NPR.

The arrival of summer and a rainy season may help reduce the transmission of the COVID-19, according to results of a recent study.

Healthmark has announced that they are offering weekly live webinars every Friday starting 3/27/2020.

Most Americans (66 percent) are worried about contracting COVID-19 or someone in their family contracting it, a new poll shows.

President Donald Trump is pushing more action on the COVID-19 pandemic to the state level. Below are key updates from March 20-23 from the states hardest hit by the coronavirus:

The U.S. has the third highest count of COVID-19 cases globally, behind only China and Italy. Nationwide, 35,530 American cases have been reported, along with 473 deaths, as of 12 p.m. CDT, March 23.

As part of a public-private partnership, Walmart parking lots are being used to test healthcare workers for COVID-19, according to Bloomberg.

Two nurses at Glenwood Springs, Colo.-based Valley View Hospital landed on a creative solution to help protect the hospital's dwindling supply of personal protective equipment — they're sewing their own medical masks, reports NBC affiliate 9News Denver.

The CDC estimates flu has caused 38 million illnesses, 390,000 hospitalizations and 23,000 deaths this season, according to the agency's most recent FluView report.

A patient at The Medical Center at Bowling Green (Ky.) allegedly shot a nurse in the leg March 17 with a hospital security guard's gun, reports the Louisville Courier Journal.

If COVID-19 cases contracted during the pandemic are concentrated in a six-month period, U.S. hospitals would face a shortage of 1.3 million inpatient beds and nearly 300,000 intensive care unit beds, according to new analysis.

A recent survey performed by Premier reports that more than two-thirds of senior living facilities in the United States cannot obtain the necessary N95 masks, face shields and other personal protective equipment needed for COVID-19 containment plans. 

President Donald Trump is pushing more action on the coronavirus pandemic to the state level.  

In the COVID-19 pandemic, 14,322 American cases have been reported, along with 210 deaths, as of 11:30 a.m. CDT, March 20.

In anticipation of a COVID-19 patient surge and lack of space in intensive care units, some hospitals have limited transplant procedures, leaving thousands of Americans waiting for new organs in the lurch, according to NBC News. 

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to pose a strain on the U.S. healthcare system, which could complicate care provided to patients with severe conditions, such as cancer.